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A group of aid workers who were put on trial in Greece for rescuing migrants on the island of Lesbos have been acquitted of all charges.The 24 former volunteers were arrested seven years ago – accused of human trafficking and other offences – and could have faced up to 20 years in jail.They had worked for an NGO that rescued asylum-seekers at risk of drowning between 2015 to 2018, when hundreds of thousands of migrants crossed the narrow straits from Turkey to Greece.Their case was widely criticised by aid agencies and human rights campaigners as an attempt to criminalise humanitarian…
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has told reporters that she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it.”I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans,” she said after meeting Trump, the first time the two have met in-person. In the weeks after US forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Trump has declined to endorse Machado, whose movement claimed victory in 2024’s widely contested elections, as its new leader.He is instead dealing with the acting head…
In her family’s shelter, the ground is soaked and her children cannot sleep. “Our situation is extremely difficult, and we want someone to help us, at least by providing us with a tent that shelters us and is a proper tent,” Amina told the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) earlier this week. Millions of others like Amina, who are threatened by rain, flooding and ongoing bombing need live-saving aid. A recent Israeli ban of dozens of humanitarian groups, however, makes that assistance out of reach. A move which a group of independent UN human rights experts warned on Thursday is a violation of…
SuppliedCyane Panine died in the fire in Crans Montana on New Years EveA staff member who was working at the Swiss bar where a deadly fire broke out on New Year’s Eve received no safety training and was unaware of the danger posed by the ceiling that caught alight, her family’s lawyer has alleged.Cyane Panine, 24, died in the fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans Montana and was widely identified in a video wearing a helmet and holding a champagne bottle with a sparkler attached when the ceiling caught fire.The bar’s French owners, Jacques and Jessica Moretti, have been…
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JEROEN JUMELET/EPA/ShutterstockThe exact cause of the fire is not yet knownA large fire has broken out following an explosion at a building in the Dutch city of Utrecht.At least four people were injured in the incident, which happened near Visscherssteeg, an alley in the city centre. The cause is not yet known. The local safety body said several buildings had collapsed and that there were reports of extensive damage, adding that it was possible people were still under the rubble. One eyewitness told RTL News that they had heard a “deafening bang” and that ” everything in the alley was…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the president to postpone any planned attack. Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran could retaliate by striking their countries. Source link
The Cubans had served as part of the security detail of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s ousted president. Source link
James LandaleDiplomatic correspondentPAForeign Secretary Yvette Cooper was visiting northern Norway to see an operation involving British and Norwegian soldiersNato should “double down” on Arctic security to defend the region from Russian aggression, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has told the BBC.On a visit to British forces in northern Norway, she said the alliance should establish a combined operation – known as Arctic Sentry – to defend the region, just as it does in the Baltic Sea.She also said allies, including the US, should unite around the shared threat despite continuing disagreements over Greenland.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in…
Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point. Source link
The UN agency has reached 10 million vulnerable people with food, cash and nutrition assistance since the conflict began and continues to deliver aid to an average of four million people monthly, including in previously hard to reach areas in the Darfur and the Kordofan regions as well as Khartoum and Al Jazira states. However, “these hard-earned gains now risk being reversed,” said Ross Smith, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, as WFP has been forced to reduce rations to the absolute minimum. “By the end of March, we will have depleted our food stocks in Sudan,” he warned. Millions going hungry The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and military rivals the Rapid…
The US has seized a sixth tanker in the Caribbean Sea in its ongoing efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil, officials say.The vessel, Veronica, was boarded in a predawn operation “without incident” as it was defying President Donald Trump’s “quarantine of sanctioned vessels”, said the US military.”The only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully,” the Southern Command said.Since the US military strikes on Venezuela and seizure of its president Nicolás Maduro this month, Trump has said he plans to tap into the country’s huge oil reserves. “The Veronica is the latest tanker operating…
Technical failures at polling places have caused disruptions, and the opposition has warned of government vote rigging amid an internet blackout. Source link
The Trump administration has signed $11 billion in agreements with African nations, in deals tied to foreign policy goals. Source link
AI could become a “weapon of mass destruction of jobs” if urgent action is not taken, according to London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan.Speaking at the annual London government dinner at Mansion House this evening, Sir Sadiq will argue that London must actively shape the AI revolution to protect jobs, boost productivity and safeguard the capital’s economy. He will call for faster regulation, skills reform and leadership to ensure AI benefits society rather than deepening inequality.”Used responsibly, AI could enable us to transform our public services, turbocharge productivity and tackle some of our most complex challenges,” he is set to say…
As Donald Trump fights for control of arctic Greenland, is he losing at the other end of the world and leaving it open for rivals like China?While US designs on Greenland are entirely deliberate, withdrawal of influence in Antarctica appears to be accidental. Proposed cuts to climate-related research – which covers much of what is done in the rapidly melting Antarctic – are “catastrophic”, according to Prof Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the University of Colorado and veteran of US Antarctic research. Image: America has long been one of the most dominant players in the region. Pic: PA In Antarctica,…
Ofcom has welcomed restrictions on Grok, X’s AI chatbot, to prevent the generation of sexualised images.Sir Keir had made similar comments the previous day. The regulator said its investigation is “ongoing” to “get answers into what went wrong and what’s being done to fix it”.It came as the prime minister said in a social media post that X must act to comply with UK laws “immediately”.The company has announced the Grok AI tool on X will no longer be able to undress pictures of real people.Sir Keir Starmer said: “Free speech is not the freedom to violate consent. Young women’s…
An astronaut who had a “serious medical condition” onboard the International Space Station is safely back on Earth, after the first-ever emergency return space flight.The astronaut and three others returned from a mission in space a month early, making a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego early on Thursday. With assistance from SpaceX, the capsule landed less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station (ISS).Their first stop was a hospital for an overnight stay, going through standard procedure and medical checks.As it happened: Agency gives update on astronaut You need javascript enabled to view…
It concludes that a legacy of impunity for wartime abuses continues to shape the lives of survivors, many of whom suffer long-term physical injuries, psychological trauma and social exclusion. Titled We lost everything – even hope for justice, the report draws on more than a decade of UN monitoring and consultations with survivors, civil society and experts.“Sexual violence in conflict constitutes a serious violation of international law, which may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity,” OHCHR spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva.“Sri Lanka is legally obligated, under multiple international treaties and commitments, to prevent, investigate, and prosecute…
Mining companies with projects based in Greenland, the Arctic island at the center of a political firestorm between the U.S. and Europe, have seen share prices surge in 2026. Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 3, the U.S. has ramped up rhetoric around acquiring Greenland by diplomatic or military means, citing national security concerns. Investors also have their eyes on commercial interests in the semi-autonomous territory, which is owned by Denmark. Shares in seven mining stocks tracked by CNBC have posted gains ranging from the single digits to over 100% so far this year. CRML ETM-AU,BRW-V,80M-GB,GROC-GB…
From The Gambia’s legal team, Jessica Jones highlighted how the Rohingya faced “longstanding denigration” and hate speech from senior and other members of the Myanmar military. Ms. Jones also referred to a video posted on Facebook in August 2017 featuring a soldier displaying “clear encouragement of genocidal violence against the Rohingya” – actions that would be in clear breach of Myanmar’s obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention.“He told them, and I quote, ‘We will clear the villages where those animals live. We have guns, we have bullets. That’s what we came with, with ammunition and the spirit to attack the animals,…
The judiciary said that Erfan Soltani would not be executed, Iranian state media reported. His case has drawn attention to the fate of the arrested demonstrators. Source link
Some travelers were able to squeeze out of mangled cars and others were rescued by residents, after the accident in northeastern Thailand. Dozens did not survive. Source link
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